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N. Korean diplomat blames US for rising tension

TOKYO -- A North Korean diplomat in China says Pyongyang must act in self-defense against the US and South Korea's joint military drills, which he said have brought the region to the brink of nuclear war.

 

Minister Pak Myong-ho has told reporters in a rare briefing at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing Thursday that the joint exercises are aimed at carrying out pre-emptive strikes against North Korea.

 

Pak says the drills were the reason the North had to take "extremely tough measures" to guard itself against such joint exercises that could "evolve into actual combat."

 


פרסום ראשון: 03.16.17, 13:11